Improved self-guarding- hook



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HENRY FISHER, OF AURORA, INDIANA.

Lette/rs .Patent No. 85,169, dated December 22, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the e'ame.

ldescription of the saine, reference'being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Thisf'invention consists of a double hook, of peculiar construction, which is intended 'for use as a clothespole or cistern-pole hook, being, from its peculiar' construction, self-guarding, so that the line or bucket can in no way become detached, excepting by design, will be fully described hereinafter.y

Figure 1 represents a view of'my improved hook as used for holding clothes-lines, and

Figure 2, a view as used for the 'ordinary purposes of a hook.

In the drawings, A representsthe shank, which is provided with the tapering screw-thread a and shoul- 'der a).

(t2-a2, fig'. 2, represent hooks, extending downward from the shoulder e, shown.

, The upward turn of each hook is in line with the downward turn of its fellow, so that the points are guarded thereby, as shown.

The hooks are attached to the shoulder in line with eachother, but, descending om that point, ,twist in opposite directions, so that, at their lowest points, they are separated a little distance apart.

-The operation of my invention is as follows:

Y When attached toa clothes-pole, for the purpose of supporting the line, the hooks a? a2 should be thrust up by the line (which passes in between* them) until the points of the hooks are passed. By now giving the pole a half turn, theline will be caught, and securely held.

When used fora cistern, the hook is used in a re versed position, but the operation is essentially the same. When hung in this way, the bucket cannot be detached, excepting' byv design.

By the constructiru herein described, a simple but reliable self-guarding hook is produced. It may be constructed of any suitable 1netal,aud of any desired size, and it may be used for any purpose for which' ordinary hooks are used.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letrers Patent, isv The double` hook, A a a a? a?, constructed and arranged substantially as and for thev purpose described.

This specification signed and witnessed, this 3d day of June, 1868.

Witnesses: HENRY FISHER.

JNO'. A. GONNELL, S. S. SCOTT. 

